Assistant Chef- (Holy Cross Sunderland)

Salary: £13:00 per Hour (£23,660 per annum)

Closing date: 22nd October 2025

Location: Working in our residential and nursing home for older people in Sunderland. 

Hours: 35 Hours Per Week

The role

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Chef to join the friendly team at our welcoming nursing home in Sunderland. As an Assistant Chef, you will play a key role in planning and preparing nutritious meals that meet the dietary needs of our residents. You will also support the Head Chef with budgeting, monitor kitchen stock levels, order supplies and take full responsibility for the kitchen in the Chef’s absence.

If you are passionate about delivering high-quality meals and making a difference in a care setting, we would love to hear from you.

If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you. Click to Read the job description here.

Why work for us

St Cuthbert’s Care is a values-based, registered social care charity, committed to enabling people to reach their personal potential.

The charity’s areas of work include nursing homes for older people, children in care and services for people with disabilities.

We are proud to be the first regional charity in the North East, delivering adult social care as part of our work, to be accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.

As well as offering a competitive salary, we provide a number of benefits and wellbeing initiatives for our staff, including:

• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, including a day off for your birthday
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave
• Company sick pay scheme
• Staff savings scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Tech scheme
• Free staff counselling service
• Blue Light discount offering shopping discounts on thousands of stores
• Charity workers’ discount
• Free life assurance
• Earn money and rewards with the Care Friends App

About us

Holy Cross Nursing Home, part of St Cuthbert’s Care, provides outstanding person-centered care to over 50 residents. Rated CQC ‘Good’ with outstanding care our residents are at the heart of everything we do. You can find out more about the outstanding care we provide by visiting: https://stcuthbertscarenursinghomes.org.uk/holy-cross

How to apply for this job:

To apply for this vacancy, please complete our  online application form. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

If you would like to discuss your application further, please call our recruitment line on 0191 228 8803 or alternatively email recruitment@stcuthbertscare.org.uk

Please note: We are unable to employ candidates requiring international visa sponsorship.